Boot or shoe



(No Model.)-

G. S. COOK.

BOOT 0R SHOE. No. 267,840. Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

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To all whom it may concern:

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. COOK, OF SHARON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEANDER G. BRITTON, OF STOUGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,844), dated November 21, 1882.

Application filed August 14, 1882. (No model.)

Be it known that I, GEORGE s. COOK, of Sharon, in the county of Norfolk, of the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots or Shoes; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 a transverse section, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section, ofa boot constructed in accordance with my invention, such boot having between its soles a water-proof re-enforce.

.The said bootconsists of an upper, a, an insole, b, a welt, c, sewed to the insole, and laps i of the upper thereon, a water-proof sole, 6, laid upon the insole and within the welt, and having the welt lapped on it (the said water-proof sole) so as to cover its toe and opposite edges, and, finally, an outer sole,f, laid upon the water-proof sole, and the welt'laps thereon, and fastened or pegged thereto, such outer sole being provided with a heel, g, or such, and a tapsole, h, fastened to it, all being arranged substantially as represented in the drawings.

In making the boot on shoe, the uppera thereof is first to be lasted upon a last and upon theinsole I), applied to the bottom thereof, after which the laps i i of the upper on the insole are to be fastened in the usual manner by tacking them to the said insole. This having been done, the welt c is next to be laid on the said laps and secured to such (the upper and the insole) by stitching 0, ranging along the inner edge of suchwelt, such welt being extended from the heel part of the insole to andaround the toe of such insole. Next, the Water-proof sole 0 (which is to be a sole composed of a water-proof material or materials) is to be laid upon the insole and within the welt, which is next to be folded closely down upon and tacked to the said water-proof sole, so as to fully cover it at its edge, excepting at its rear end, after which the outer sole, f, is to be laid upon the water-proof sole 0 and the laps in of the well; thereon, and is to be secured thereto by nails or pegs a, driven through it and the welt, or into such and the insole.

By thus making the boot I save the necessity of lapping the welt on the upper surface of the outer sole, at the edge thereof, and connecting the outer sole to such welt by stitching going through both, in the parts of the welt resting in contact with the outer sole, as is the usual custom in making a boot or shoe with a welt covering the water-proof sole at its outer edge, my improvementcausing the outer sole to be fastened not only to the Welt, but to the water-proof sole and insole, by nails or pegs going through such sole and welt and into or through the insole. By my mode of making the boot or shoe it can be manufactured much cheaper, and so as to be very much stronger than when the outer sole is held in place by being stitched only to the welt, folded ontwardly upon it, (the. said outer sole,) and stitched thereto in the fold or part lapped on such outer sole.

Iam aware that a boot has been devised having a water-proof sole placed between the insole and the outer sole, and that it has been secured by fastenings passing through the outer sole, the welt, the upper, and insole, and I lay no claim to such construction. In my device the welt is secured to the upper and in: sole, and,turned under the edge of the waterproof sole, is fastened to the latter, thereby holding this in place independent of the through-fastenings which pass from the outer sole, thereby forming additional security for holding the parts in place.

Having described my invention, what I claim is l. The upper a, insole b, and Water-proof sole 6, in combination with the welt c, which is secured to the upper and insole and turned under the edge of the water-proof sole and fastened to the latter, whereby the latter is held to the upper, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The upper a, insole b, water-proofsolee, and the welt c, the latter secured to the upper and insole and turned under the waterproof sole and fastened thereto, in combination with the outer sole, f, and the through-fasteuings a, as set forth.

GEORGE S. COOK.

Witnesses:

FREEMAN EMMoNs, WALTER LITTLEFIELD. 

